The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-04-10
The Struggle for Fame, Fash
ion and Wealth
ON NEW YORK EXCHANGE,
A Rural Visitor Spends An Interesting
Five Hours With the Bulls
And Bears.

VINO is on Visit TO LDe CITY, EeSt0io"J
morning.
..Turn toward the rising sun at Trinity !
Cburch. and go down Wall Street tis
You come to big clock" was the ans
wer. The term "down Wall Street
was literally correct, for the street. hFe
good many who go on it, goes oo"n
Hill. The man from "Ouer Teown'
missed the Exchange the first time, an
no wonder. Its frontage on Wall Stree
ia SO narrow that some. of the "strad-
dis" they sell there would more than
reach across it.. Mr.. Man wandered un-
til he came to big stone building with
massive pillars, in front of which
colossal George Washington was ex~
tending his hand in a gesture OF bene-
diction over the head of man on the
street who had bull paps for sale.
Mr.. Man observed the great number
of banks on the street-so many that 1t
seems to have been difficult TO find
names for them. One is the Bank of
America, aud the other, whose owners
evidently desire to be more exp iiclt, is
the Bank of North America.
"Strange, how few horses Teller sees
on this street" said Mr.. Man.
It's a fact that this street is traversed
| by but little live stock. Few horses do,
and no horse with shattered nerves
should go down by the Exchange.
| A big black clock, getting ready to IN
dictate the hour of 20. pointed out the
Exchange with its Jour hand to the man
| from "0uer Teown." He saw stone
1 building so low in height that it looked
10 be the Youngest child of one OF the
| big blocks thereabouts. he went up
| fight of steps and a man at the door,
whose gray uniform fitted him like
| New Jersey, told him to keep going up.
The man was evidently bull, for he
gave all visitors this rising
| fsndency. At the head of the
stairs placard informed Mr.,
Man that smoking is prohibited. JUST
inside the door,. however, was one OF
those plebeian cuspidores, box niieo
with sawdust, and, acting upon the mint,
Mr.. Man took chew. He entered a
narrow gallery at the front END OF the g
Hall. which is much larger than its Wall
Street, front indicates. The gallery has
two wooden settees, on one OF which sat
a poorly dressed old fossil. who comes
there daily, reads until noon, fishes
| sandwich out of his pocket, and, HAVING
| lIunched, goes away. There is tTadi-
ton that he was once member OF the
:, Exchange.
About twenty people stood leaning
l. against the gallery railing and gazing
down at the crowd on the floor. On thu
3 east side of the room are high windows
is and the opposite side is boarded up. BE
hind these boards mechanics are max
e ing alterations in the room. The Sign
board partition is a humane provision
. against their being driven insane by IN
: yells OF the Comanches In the exchange
The ceiling in the room is blue, adorne
s. with dragons and other decoratiy
NIGHTMARES. Three chandeliers, bristl
% ing with incaRdescent electric lights, al
ready for use on Black FridSys or othe
- dark days.
spruce boys in gray uniforms, are Q
the floor. The boys are attaches OF tt
Stock Exchange. The collars OF the
Dc coats are adorned on either side VII
what looks like brass baggage chez
In elevated board cages at the east sit
of the room telegraph operators are
. work. Near the middle of the ball Is
pulpit in which a calm, gray mustach'
man sits reading. He is Vice-Chalrmi
. HenriQues.
10, A large clock at the further end of t
long room indicated the hour OF 10 "
as the minute hand passed the WIRE
men on the floor burst into combine
dJscordant veil. Business had begr
y Somebody seemed to have made Il
, tune at the first pop, and gave pl
~ longed ""Wh-o-o-p!" :.
Then young man With parted VIII
ers expressed his Joy by snatchlpg
the hat of another member. Lsl
brazen letters over the gallery, readiI
"Founded MDCCXCII." indicated Il
this kind OF conduct has been going
ninety five years.
Ranged down the room like bann
50. in q Sunday-school are standards lat
led ssLosns," Lou. and Nashvill
Texas Pacific" Del, LackaEal
and Western" and others. "Lo
and Del" were apparently not pres'
Two ladies were in the gallery,
q several young brokers struck killing
q tidues and gazed up at them. .
brokers can stare craven image on
connteDspce. Several of them eau
sight of a mild-mannered man In
gallery whom they seemed to KIN
ioFy They yellei, Come down out OF G
oh Romeo!n and made faces at him
til he turned very red in the face
! ST., left the hail.
The privilege of standing on the.
change floor and making life bur
TO visitors costs $50, 600
= Then some of the brokers saw
II, Evening Sun reporter writing down
sentiments Of his friend, the man t
"Ouer Teown." One OF them jerke'
s--, the SLOUGH hat of an old man with "
chin whiskers, who was holding up
sign labelled Erie" The reporter
tention was called by a frisky broke
this venerable mans haid head, W
seemed to blush with embarras smel
the introduction. The old man rea
- wildly for his hat. a broker who,
death, loves shining mark, aim
wad Of paper at the old gentleu
glossy poll.
This performance was suddenly i
rupted By a wild yellfrom crowd 8
back end of the room. One man "
his hand in the air and screamed
treble voice. Another member 81
his hand in this : face and sores
back, They seemed to be on the |
~s fof having a fight A crowd gatl